1. MOOCs – Still a viable
business model?
Yves Epelboin
Professor Emeritus UPMC-
Sorbonne-Universités, Paris
Yves.Epelboin@impmc.upmc
2. Agenda
The context
MOOC’s budget
MOOCs for Europe
Emerging business models
Conclusion
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3. US context: students debt
Tuition fees at an
inacceptable level:
Up to 10 000 $ in
public universities
40 000 – 60 000 $ in
private
universities
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Le Monde 26/04/2015
4. US context: Tuition debt
A negative impact on the
US economy
First debt before housing!
1160 Billions US $
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Le Monde 26/04/2015
6. MOOC and student
retention Success as not the
same meaning in a
MOOC than in a
class
P. Hill e-Literate, March 2013
http://mfeldstein.com/emerging-student-
patterns-in-moocs-a-revised-graphical-view/
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8. An important investment
Course scenario renewed
New documents and OER
Massive use of short videos (chunks 5-7 up to 15 mn)
Need of a local organization
to sustain the MOOCs
A MOOC is a complex
team project
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9. MOOC: do you have the
budget?
Example of a 8 weeks MOOC
Base: Sciences with Maths equations and graphics
MOOC being used internally at least 3 times
Human resources
Teachers
Academic support
Technical support
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10. Budget: teachers
Mission Course 1 Course 2 Course 3
Preparation 40 8 8
Writing docs 90 20 20
Writing
assessments
40 10 10 Optional
Video
recording
32 6 6 ½ day per one hour
Project
organization
30 5 5
Animation 48 48 48
Total 520 hours
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11. Budget: pedagogic support
Mission Course 1 Course 2 Course 3
Pedagogic engineer 40 8 8
Project manager 60 12 12
Tests 60 12 12
Total 225 hours
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12. Budget: technical support
Mission Course 1 Course 2 Course 3
Video 32 6 6 Recording
Video 180-240 36-50 36-50 Editing
Texts 10 2 2 Formatting
Iconography 35 7 7 Variable
Integration 15 3 3 Platform
Meetings 10 2 2
Total 480 hours
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Pomerol, Epelboin & Thoury MOOCs, Design, Use and Business Models, Wiley 2015
13. Cost
Mission Course 1 Course 2 Course 3 Total Euros
Teachers 15 000 5 200 5 200 25 400
Pedagogic
support
6 000 1 200 1 200 8 400
Technical
support
10 000 2 000 2 000 14 000
Salaries ≈ 48 000
Base:
Teachers: 75 k€/y, support teachers: 60 k€/y, tech: 47 k€/y
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Pomerol, Epelboin & Thoury MOOCs, Design, Use and Business Models, Wiley 2015
14. Total cost
8 weeks MOOC:
30 000 € - 120 000 € (external support)
UC San Diego: 150 000 $
Not included:
Delivery
Environment for teachers and staff
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See: Pomerol, Epelboin & Thoury MOOCs,
Design, Use and Business Models, Wiley
2015
16. MOOC economy
Less expensive solution:
Below 200 – 300 students: classic approach
Above 500 students blended approach versus
classic approach
MOOC valid only above 200-300 students
Staff environment not taken into account
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17. MOOC & SPOC in
university
Large classes: freshmen: SPOC
Recruiting more students without aditional investment
(staff, building): MOOC
Federation of universities for rare studies: MOOC, SPOC.
Ex.: Virtual Bavarian University
Universities do not have the manpower to build a full
curriculum
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20. Facts
Students and employers value credential and
diploma, delivered by universities
Badges and certifications are of value for life
education
Different objectives Different business
models
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21. Case # 1
Arizona State University (ASU)
Universities consortium
First year through MOOCs for less than 6000$
Payment at the end
Participation of edX
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22. Case # 2
Urbana Champaign university
eMBA for 20 000$
1. First, selected Coursera specializations
2. Agreement of curriculum by Urbana
3. Finish as official MBA degree
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23. Case # 3
EPFL (Switzerland) MOOCs@Africa
Free access to MOOCs
Certification: 30 €/ECTS, full cursus 8-12 ECTS followed
by a personal work (6-10 ECTS, 90€/ECTS)
Exams in a partner center
Partners: Coursera and edX
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24. Case # 4
Gestion de Projets (Ecole Centrale Lille)
Free MOOC
Second part with one or two ECTS by payment (50 – 150
€) with different levels of examinations and options
Various options for continuous education (490-690 €)
http://mooc.gestiondeprojet.pm/
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25. Others
Georgia Tech master in ccomputer sciences
MiriadaX
Open U
There is a huge space for online learning with
MOOCs
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26. MOOC providers?
Unclear Business models?
Will certification and course selling suffice?
Shift of Udacity from Higher Education to
Continuous Education “There is no money to
make with HE”
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27. MOOC providers?
Coursera
Certifications & Specializations
«… we are hosting nearly 900 courses and I expect to have
1,000 courses on our platform by early 2015. In three years,
we’ll have 5,000 courses, which is about the curriculum of your
average medium to large university. »
Daphne Koller, Knowledge@Wharton 05/01/2015
Tommorrow: online university?
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28. A university model
A three-tiers system
MOOC
designers
MOOC
distributor
Universities
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Blended
learning
MOOC
29. A continuous education
model
A four-tiers system
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MOOC
designers
MOOC
distributor
MOOC
broker
Company
31. MOOCs for Universities
Blended learning and distance learning for
freshmen
Cheaper way to handle large classes
Efficient means to attract distant students
A method to increase the participation of
minorities?
Rare studies and small classes
If universities are able to work together
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32. MOOCs for continuous
Education
A huge market for the XXI century
« The other trend we’ve observed, from the larger corporations
in our client base, is a shift to outsourcing the development of
E-Learning content to professional agencies rather than
building in-house. We’re excited about the landscape for
2014. »
Guy McEvoy, Managing Director, Guyka
E-Learning Market Trends & Forecast 2014-206 Report, docebo
report,www.docebo.com
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33. Coursera & al.
Major actors to federate universities
Major actors for continuous Education
Much more than certificates providers, providers
of tommorrow education
Future partners of universities for courses
building.
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